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Rapid Generation of Amyloid from Native Proteins In vitro
Published on: December 5, 2013
El nitrito cataliza la nitrosilación reductora de las proteínas ferríquemas.
Bernadette O Fernandez1, Peter C Ford
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|August 28, 2003
Resumen
Los iones nitrito catalizan la reducción de la metemoglobina y la metmioglobina. Este mecanismo de reacción implica la reducción de la esfera externa y la formación de trióxido de dinitrógeno, lo que podría modificar las proteínas.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- La cinética química es la cinética química.
- Química bioorgánica Química bioorgánica.
Sus antecedentes:
- La metemoglobina y la metmioglobina son proteínas que contienen hierro y que son cruciales para el transporte de oxígeno.
- El ion nitrito (NO2-) y el óxido nítrico (NO) juegan un papel importante en los sistemas biológicos.
- Comprender la química redox de las proteínas hemo es vital para elucidar su función.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel catalítico del ion nitrito en la reducción de la metemoglobina y la metmioglobina.
- Para dilucidar el mecanismo de la reducción catalizada por nitrito de las proteínas ferriheme.
- Explorar las implicaciones potenciales de los intermediarios de reacción en la estructura de las proteínas.
Principales métodos:
- Monitoreo espectrofotométrico de la reducción de la proteína ferrihema.
- Análisis cinético de las constantes de velocidad de catálisis.
- Comparación de los potenciales de reducción de proteínas y sistemas modelo.
Principales resultados:
- Se encontró que el ion nitrito catalizaba la reducción de NO de la metemoglobina y la metmioglobina a un pH de 7.0.
- Constantes de velocidad de catálisis correlacionadas con los potenciales de reducción FeIII/II de los complejos de nitrosilo férrico.
- Se propuso un mecanismo que implicaba la reducción de la esfera externa del centro FeIII ((NO) por NO2-.
Conclusiones:
- El mecanismo propuesto explica la actividad catalítica observada del nitrito.
- Se infería la formación de trióxido de nitrógeno (N2O3) como intermedio de reacción.
- El N2O3 puede conducir a modificaciones proteicas no deseadas debido a su fuerte capacidad de nitrosar.
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